493  
FNUS74 KMOB 090917  
FWSMOB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR RKC0809...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
417 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CDT ON MARCH 09.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE  
OVER THE BURN SITE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A 30% CHANCE OF  
RAIN TODAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY. FOR TODAY,  
THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 60%, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL  
SHIFT FROM SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY THIS MORNING TO SOUTHWESTERLY BY  
THE AFTERNOON, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GENERALLY GOOD  
(AROUND 45). FOR TUESDAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR  
50%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 15 TO 20 MPH, TRANSPORT  
WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY BE SOUTHWESTERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES  
WILL BE GOOD (AROUND 60).  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE DEVELOPING  
NEAR THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING. FOG SHOULD CLEAR BY THE MID-  
MORNING HOURS. PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT AGAIN  
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). AREAS OF DENSE  
FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN PATCHY FOG LATE  
IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY  
IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...91-1158 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 12 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 1 TO 5 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 42.  
LVORI...............6.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........86 88 87 79 81 81 62 56 35 35 34  
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS PTY SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 30 30  
TEMP............63 64 65 69 73 76 79 80 80 81 80  
RH..............100 100 100 97 84 76 67 65 62 60 62  
20 FT WIND DIR..N SE SSE SSE S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 1 2 3 5 6 6 7 7 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 14 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.7 1.1 2.0 2.9 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.0  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SSE S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 3 3 5 6 8 10 12 12 12  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S SSE S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5  
DISPERSION IDX..2 2 2 4 11 14 25 40 43 42 43  
LVORI...........10 10 9 9 4 4 3 1 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-914 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 3 TO 5 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....39 DECREASING TO 4.  
LVORI...............6.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........31 23 37 40 43 74 83 92 88 84 86 84  
WEATHER COV.....CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW  
TSTM COV........SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............78 75 71 69 68 68 67 68 68 67 67 67  
RH..............67 76 87 93 97 97 100 97 97 100 100 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SSW SSW S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 10 10 9 10 9 8 7 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SSW S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 10 9 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 7  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S SSW S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3  
DISPERSION IDX..39 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3  
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...305-1707 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 3 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 61.  
LVORI...............5.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........84 88 83 76 69 63 56 50 47 43 40 41  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............67 67 66 69 73 76 79 81 83 84 84 82  
RH..............100 100 100 97 87 79 72 65 59 55 53 56  
20 FT WIND DIR..SSW S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 15 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.5 2.6 4.0 5.1 5.6 5.5 5.0 5.0  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10  
TRANS WIND DIR..SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
DISPERSION IDX..3 8 11 13 17 29 42 52 62 62 59 60  
LVORI...........9 8 7 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1  
 
 
FORECASTER...96  
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN MOCK  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2605111.0/MOB  
.DELDT 03/09/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JOSEPH.K.MOCK@USDA.GOV  
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